Tools for Ask Ubuntu

Question

As some of you know, I have created some tools for Stack Exchange sites (like Ask Ubuntu) on Stack Apps.

What tools have been developed for Ask Ubuntu, or are especially useful to Ask Ubuntu users?

Answer 1

StackApplet for Linux

StackApplet - Monitor your reputation and get notified of comments.

Answer 2

For everybody who can't get enough of the numbers, there's now

StackStats

Great name, I know :P

Usage:

• Download the script from Here and save it somewhere

• Execute it like this:

  python /home/username/stackstats.py --site=askubuntu.com --user=41
  

  Where /home/username/stackstats.py is the absolute path to the script, askubuntu.com is any stackexchange site and 41 is your user-id.

  • To find out your user id, go to your profile page. It should be in the URL, i.e. askubuntu.com/users/1067/stefano-palazzo.

• I recommend you set up an alias in your ~/.bash_aliases, like this:

  alias ask-stats="python ~/stackstats.py --site=askubuntu.com --user=1067"
  

Hope you like it, let me know if something's wrong as always:-)

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I've tested it on fresh installs of

• 10.04 Lucid
• 10.10 Maverick
• 11.04 Natty
• Debian 6.0

Please edit this list, if you are running anything else

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StackStats now lives on GitHub. Also, it's now licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL v3. Please hack if you like, and contribute your changes back.

If you see a bug, and you know python and github, fix it. ;)

Answer 3

I'm proud to announce the first askubuntu.com extension, developed for Firefox, Opera and Chrome.

The extension, called AskUbuntu Add-on, allows to easily track user info and questions.

The extension that displays user reputation/badges, monitor activity and provides an easy access to unanswered questions, user questions, user favorites and user tags from an askubuntu.com account.

Home page: http://www.webgapps.org/addons/askubuntu

Mozilla gallery: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/242568/

Opera gallery: https://addons.opera.com/addons/extensions/details/askubuntu-add-on...

Google gallery: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/...

Please let me know what you think about it.

Note: some Gnome users might experience diminished functionality if their Firefox does not show icons in menus, since the icons are indicators of new activity. To solve this problem visit: http://askubuntu.com/questions/8586/where-is-the-gnome-option-to-display-icons-in-menus

Firefox

Opera

Chrome

Answer 4

Ask Ubuntu is now available in the Stack Exchange Data Explorer.

http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/queries

The meta site is also available:

http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntumeta/queries

Answer 5

Droidstack

"An Android app that allows you to browse StackExchange websites in a very cool, native kind of way, while keeping a stackoverflow-like look & feel."

Links:

On StackApps...

More screetshots...

Video...

Source code and bug tracker...

Install by scanning this QR code:

Answer 6

We have a Lens for Unity in 11.04 now, which gives us desktop integration with the site. (This is handy for when you run into a question and remember that it's a dupe and you need to search it real quick.):

• How do I install the Ask Ubuntu Unity Lens, and how do I use it?

Answer 7

There is a add on for chrome, not quite as good as this one, but it's a nice notifier, it works with any Stack Exchange site. I'm currently using this one to follow accounts on Stackoverflow, Superuser and AskUbuntu.

You can get it here.

Answer 8

StackImage

Allows you to embed an up-to-date image containing your current reputation on this site.

Example:

Very easy to use: just visit http://stackimage.quickmediasolutions.com/ and fill in the details. Be sure to select 'Ubuntu' from the site drop-down.

StackImage 2

Even more customizable:

Just head on over to http://stackimage2.quickmediasolutions.com and try out the interactive flair designer - almost every aspect of your flair can be customized.

Answer 9

I have written a tool that can be used to view the data dumps offline:

StackExchange Data Dump Viewer - A Desktop Tool for Viewing the StackExchange Data Dumps

Screenshot:

Answer 10

StackMobile

Allows you to browse ubuntu.stackexchange.com through a mobile site designed for smartphones.

http://stackmobile.com/site.php?site=ubuntu.stackexchange

Screenshot:

Screenshot from a webOS device.

Answer 11

Ask Ubuntu Search

Ask Ubuntu Search is a fast search engine for the site that uses the information in the data dumps and the API to respond to your search queries. Because it uses the API to keep up to date, the server uses data no older than two minutes to process your search query.

http://askubuntu.quickmediasolutions.com

Screenshot:

Answer 12

Google Chrome/Chromium Site Specific search.

• Open up Chrome's preferences.

• Click the "Manage Search Engines" button.

• Then, you'll need to change the Ask Ubuntu search engine information.

You'll see that I selected the third part - you'll need to change that to the following:

http://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&ix=c2&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=site%3Aaskubuntu.com+%s

Boom, you've now replaced the default Ask Ubuntu search with Google's site-specific search.

Answer 13

Google Custom Search Plugin (Site-specific search) for Firefox:

1. Create a file called ask-ubuntu.xml at .mozilla/[profile.name]/searchplugins folder. For example, /home/nits/.mozilla/firefox/airbfsl5.default/searchplugins/ask-ubuntu.xml

2. Add the following content in it.

      <SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/"
   xmlns:os="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
       <os:ShortName>Ask Ubuntu</os:ShortName>
       <os:Description>Search Ask Ubuntu: Q&amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers</os:Description>
       <os:InputEncoding>UTF-8</os:InputEncoding>
       <os:Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,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</os:Image>
       <os:Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://www.google.co.in/search?q=site%3Aaskubuntu.com+{searchTerms}">
       </os:Url>
       </SearchPlugin>
   

3. Restart the browser

4. You'll see it among the list of search-engines in the search-engine plugin. And that's it, go nuts, quicker searching AU!